Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , on appointment he had realised for the first time that the eastern parts of the District remained largely undeveloped by the WEA . |
| 2 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
| 3 | With regard to the public interest , the important figure is the sum that is realised for the Scottish Bus Group as a whole . |
| 4 | In the report the former President , Chiang Kai-shek was criticized for the first time for failing to punish the officials responsible for the massacre . |
| 5 | Filled for the first time in twenty years , Lake Eyre became a rich source of food , attracting tens of thousands of birds whose closest usual breeding area is five hundred miles to the south . |
| 6 | When stopped for the first offence , he claimed the cruise control on his BMW was set at 98mph . |
| 7 | Eight months earlier he made an abortive attempt for the title , then held by the Frenchman Franck Nicotra , only to be stopped for the first time in his professional career . |
| 8 | Can you say why the intervention must be stopped for the second baseline ? |
| 9 | Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van . |
| 10 | The problems with the New Age Travellers also helped confirm the fears of nearby villagers who have been trying to get the festival stopped for the past year . |
| 11 | Awards chairman Alan Peaford told the audience at Torquay that 1,266 entries , the second highest so far , had been received for the 1992 contest , from every continent except Antarctica . |
| 12 | Seven orders have been received for the new jet which will have a 3,600-mile range . |
| 13 | Babies were not the only people whose rights were being demanded at the end of the Second World War ; other groups , too , submerged in anonymous poverty through years of unemployment , had in wartime received for the first time their fair share both of work and of food , and were now making it clear that neither malnutrition nor the grinding degradation of worklessness could any longer be tolerated by the ‘ lower classes ’ of the victorious nations . |
| 14 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir , President since 1980 , was returned to office unopposed when no other nominations were received for the presidential election scheduled for June 26 ; she was to begin her fourth four-year term on Aug. 1 , 1992 . |
| 15 | Many congratulations on the splendid final total received for the sponsored event at the Reunion — £1857.18 . |
| 16 | Nor should it be forgotten , as Professor Orth has pointed out , that in 1799 penalties were prescribed for the first time for workmen as a class , not for hatters or paper makers as a special group ; in other words , the language of the act was concerned with a horizontal social division , not with the reconciliation of difference within the vertical structure of a craft . |
| 17 | That incident so many years ago when she had been punished for the supposed loss of the ring was etched indelibly in her mind . |
| 18 | WHAT a ridiculous idea for parents to be fined or punished for the bad behaviour of their children . |
| 19 | You must be punished for the wicked thing you did ’ ( The Times , 15 September 1991 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Cricket must now be the only sport in which you can be punished for the same offence twice and , who knows , maybe three times if he appeals ! |
| 21 | During the relaying of this track , the Marton trams operated in a complete circle , returning to Talbot Square via Royal Oak and Lytham Road , while the St. Annes blue cars were diverted for the first time to the Promenade at Talbot Square . |
| 22 | Among the outstanding work in the gallery must be the series of panels of the Passion painted for the Cistercian monastery of Vyšší Brod in 1350–5 . |
| 23 | The artist Goldsborough Anderson took Stoker as his model for William II in a panel depicting the building of the Tower of London , painted for the Royal Exchange . |
| 24 | So , as Harriet Ryley reports , he never knew of , and was never honoured for the vital role his plane played in the Second World War . |
| 25 | If progress during this initial period is satisfactory , the student is then registered for the appropriate degree , e.g. PhD . |
| 26 | A total of eight candidates had originally been registered for the presidential contest [ see pp. 38768-69 ] , but one , Joseph Estrada , had later decided to withdraw his candidature in favour of contesting the vice-presidency . |
| 27 | A 7 day tour to Poland , open to CIT members , spouses , and colleagues has been arranged for the first week of July , boasting a programme , both transport orientated and cultural . |
| 28 | Last instructions given , and the operation arranged for the following day , the couple went away , and Robert said , ‘ It 's a pity , is n't it ? |
| 29 | Gorbachev , speaking at the closing ceremony , acknowledged that there were basic disagreements between the two sides , but thought the meeting had created ‘ opportunities for progress ’ ; Reagan thought that ‘ useful preliminary results ’ had been achieved , and hoped that further progress would be achieved at the meeting that had been arranged for the following year . |
| 30 | At dinner that evening , Rose and Dora were full of their ‘ projects ’ and the appointments arranged for the following morning . |